Stance shift on Tiyan campus: School near airport previously opposed for safety reasons

9:35 AM,
Jan. 12, 2014

Written by

Gaynor Dumat-ol Daleno
Pacific Daily News

The Calvo administration's decision to spend as much as $160 million on Tiyan property for public school campuses reverses the local government's decade-old stance to keep permanent schools from being located next to the island's international airport, a former official familiar with the policy said.

A narrow road and aircraft hangar are what separates the interim Untalan Middle School campus and the Guahan Academy Charter School from an A.B. Won Pat Guam International Airport runway.

On Dec. 30, 2013, a purchase agreement signed by Gov. Eddie Calvo makes the government of Guam the ...